Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) Retrospective / Review
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- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) Retrospective / Review
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People forget just how big of a cultural icon the character of Lara Croft was back in the late 90s to early 2000s, she was a bigger name than a lot of real life celebrities at that time. I remember the process of selecting the actress to play her had as much hype as when a new Bond actor is chosen.
Yep, even worth saying that for some people Lara was a real person despite the fact she wasn't😉
@@sylwesterpastuszka5593 she's real to me damn it!!💘
Should have chosen Liz Hurley and gotten a movie out in the 90s. Jolie was great but they were way too late to capitalize on Lara mania.
Indeed, in 1998 the german band Die Ärzte (The Medical Doctors) had a song called Männer sind Schweine (Men are Pigs) with Lara Croft featuring in their music video.
Yes and the actresses saw it as an honour to be asked to depict her.
To me this is one of the better video games to movie adaptations there's ever been. It was fun, enjoyable and easy to follow. Angelina Jolie shines as Lara Croft. I couldn't have thought of anyone better at that time to play the character it was a rock solid movie. Never forget when I saw it in theaters had a blast watching it.
Jolie was a shoo-in for Lara Croft. Can't think of anyone more physically suited to depict her. If it weren't for her nationality and accent she'd be 1:1. Fortunately, she really knew how to act like Lara too.
The Tomb Raider movie is what makes a good video game movie adaptation. It just understands its source material and gets what a video game is and what makes it fun and doesn't try to be anything else. It also helps that the Tomb Raider games are some of the easier video games to adapt. Most video games are too archaic and idiosyncratic to make any sense in a live action movie.
absolutely. gotta have fun with it, but take the material seriously enough so it's not just a big goofy movie. they did a great job.
tbh that bar isnt very high
Danny Divito as Laura Croft is better mgl
awww lovely, well said :)
Few Hollywood stars appear to have so much fun with their roles in a movie, like miss Jolie seems to have had in this one. And it is IMO, one of the reasons she is such a joy to watch.
Also she has quite a lot in common with the classic Lara
@@sylwesterpastuszka5593 Did videogame Lara bang her own brother, aswell?
yes, movies back then were different, much more high quality. I love both the games and the Jolie-movies. You can tell she really enjoyed it and that made the movie convincing. But that's movies, they have gone downhill in quality. Just look at Indiana Jones and the Lost Ark; Harrison Ford has fun with the character, emotions of joy, happiness etc. were rather convincing.... and compare that to the 4th iteration where Harrison looks like he hates to play the character and does it with the utmost disdain.... you don't see good acting anymore these days.
@@stijnvdv2 Jolie was just a perfect cast for Lara croft aswell. And like you said she clearly had fun with the role. I think a big part of movies going downhill is how cheaper it's gotten to do CGI. Back then CGI was the most expensive part of a movie so studios tried to keep it to a minimum. These days CGI has become the core of most movies with actors spending 80-90% of their time in front of a green screen. With little to no practical effects being used anymore a lot of the magic has gone. Movies like Alien or Jurassic park hit the sweet spot, just enough CGI to make the practical effects seem legit
I rather enjoyed this movie. The sets were great and some of the action was good. It's funny that Angelina uses a British accent while Daniel Craig uses an American accent.
I plan to see it and the one in 2018 and maybe find them okay.
I found it hilarious too.
I've always imagined that they corrected and coached each other 😅
@wstine79 the thing is America is fascinated by the British or specifically English accent so that's a theory another theory for Daniel Craig's American accent is because of market reasons.
@@Slyarno2795 I expected the 2018 one to be garbage but it was enjoyable enough . I watched the Jolie ones when they came out and I can't remember them
Nineteen years later and I still have Lara Croft: Tomb Raider on DVD. It's still better than some of the crap coming out today. If you catch this on TV you're very likely to keep on watching it until the commercial break. It's just that entertaining.
It knows how to be fun.
*sigh* I remember fun...
Oliver Harper is one of, if not, the most under rated reviewer channel on here. Great work!
Thanks very much!
very true
Let just all admit she was freakin' born to play that role and kicked all kind of asses while looking gorgeous doing so.
100%!!
I just wish the script were better.
@@cablehogue599 The script was fine
I went to Cambodia and saw those temples in real life after being inspired by this movie. They're as magical in real life. Completely underrated movie.
Haven't seen this in twenty years but it looks better than I remembered. Time for a rewatch this weekend.
hope you enjoyed it again
Love this movie since i watched it in cinema back in 2001.
It's a dumb fun fast paced action adventure.
Got it on VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray.
nice to hear man :)
I loved this movie as a kid. Watched my favorite scenes and the behind the scenes countless times. And I actually started learning english with this movie. It always will have a special place in my heart.
I never had trouble following the plot. Nowadays I actually appreciate it's production design. And Jolie was just born to be Lara Croft. Poor Alicia Vikander does a fine job but pales in comparison.
wonderful to hear man
My favourite Angelina Jolie movie. Thanks for the upload, Oliver. Used to watch this film a lot everytime it came on the telly. I did find it kind of hilarious hearing Angelina Jolie speak with a British accent and Future James Bond Daniel Craig speak with an American accent.
to be fair, no one knew who daniel craig was by the time the movie was released so no one knew if he was american or british
I feel as though this movie has always been a guilty pleasure. But I'm also sensing it might evolve into a cult classic due to the era it released, the great casting, and eccentric/oddball plot choices. I own this movie and think it is a perfect rainy afternoon movie.
already stapled as a cult movie
i'll go with that man :)
Cambodian facts: It was the first major blockbuster filmed there since the Khmer Rouge, and at the time the film crew only had one suitable hotel to stay in Siem Reap. Since the movies release Siem Reap has a rejuvenated tourist scene, and the bars have Tomb Raider or Lara Croft shots depending on the pub.
The films legacy IMO is still positive. Its a really enjoyable popcorn film after all these years, and you can have a good drinking game with the techno soundtrack, unnecessary acrobatics and anytime the film references the games. Angelina Jolie would eventually direct First they Killed my Father, also documenting the Cambodian genocide.
Say what you will about the 90s and 2000s special effects. We got some of the best movies ever out of those years and video games. Makes me thankful I got to grow up in the 90s. Lara Croft was definitely my my Hollywood crush. And nobody could of played it as well as Angelina IMO.
This was the last movie I saw in the theater before 9/11. A time when action films were just fun and innocent. Every movie post 9/11 has to be so serious and have realistic action scenes and shaky cam. Action films gave me anxiety after 9/11.
Everything went downhill after 9/11. Movies, music, society. The ripple effect is still felt today.
Spielberg's War of the Worlds comes to mind as one heavy with a 9/11-influenced look and feel to it.
@@adamlane6453 The Dark Knight as well.
@@handsomeDRAC The Dark Knight ruined most superhero and action films that followed it, due to the studios attempting to recapture it's terribly self important tone in their attempts at a blockbuster.
Just look at the last few Bond films: devoid of any fun anf largely terrible.
@@Bale4Bond yeah, what was wrong with Tim Burtons fun and imaginative Batman films?
I always felt Jolie deserved more credit for this role in general.
"more credit"? It launched her into superstardom XD
@@reaceness right lol that’s what I thought
Im pretty sure when people hear the name Lara Croft, they think of Angelina Jolie.
This is probably the best video game film in terms of characterization. Mortal Kombat certainly had better music, but Angelina Jolie helped give Lara that proper Indiana Jones vibe on the big-screen.
Ben you ever saw the 2018 tomb raider film
YES i'll agree with you there
It is now the 18th of July. We are now 64 days passed the planetary alignment.
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@@costaliberta5969 hahahahh. Exactamente
Leslie Phillips also is the voice of Gex in the UK version of the game. So quite a coincidence Bex is owned by Crystal Dynamix and they now make the Tomb Raider games.
Damn you're everywhere
*Gex no, it was license to crystal dynamics and square Enix by eidos and the same with tomb raider games after the closure of core design who btw developed Gex games originally.
@@Oldschool1943 I have no idea what you are saying.
Hey you
@@Larry Hello You!
Definitely a guilty pleasure of mine. My second favorite video game movie behind Mortal Kombat.
28:03 YES!!!! I've been saying this for years. Lara Croft IS the female James Bond. The first actress to voice Lara in the original game was told just that. I'm glad others recognize this.
Another outstanding review, Oliver Harper. My main man! I went to see Lara Croft: Tomb Raider at the cinema with my grandfather Fred whom passed away in 2020. I've enjoyed all the Tomb Raider movies and I think they are all great. Angelina Jolie was an awesome Lara Croft and Alicia Vikander was just as good and I liked what Alicia Vikander did with her reinvention of the character. However, after going to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I looked at Daisy Ridley in character as Rey on the cover of a magazine looking all badass and I envisioned her as Lara Croft and I was surprised to learn Daisy Ridley was in talks to take the role for the 2018 reboot. A shame she couldn't take the role due to work on Star Wars and I think she would had been fantastic. Lara Croft is such an awesome character. Not only have I got all 3 Lara Croft movies on DVD, I also own a Lara Croft Funko Pop! What is there not to like about Lara Croft? She's tough. Sexy. Confident. Intelligent. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is a enjoyable, non-stop and fast paced action fantasy adventure movie which Angelina Jolie gave an enjoyable performance as Lara Croft and it is one of the best action movies Angelina Jolie has done in her acting career and it shows that Angelina Jolie is capable female action star.
Didn't know Daisy came close to playing Lara. Yeah I can imagine her being perfect
@@laurarules3642 Terrible
Alicia Vikander didn't reinvent shit; her 2018 movie is based on 2013 Tr reboot that ruined the character thanks to square and crystal and it was boring and uninspired
@@Oldschool1943 Don't go there!
@@Oldschool1943 I think Daisy is awful in the Star Wars movies. I don't know if its her, the writing, the directing or all of them. Yeah those movies were awful but I think she would've made a good Lara Croft . If you didn't know her as the Mary Sue previously and she just turned up in the movie she could pull it off. But I see your point
And I was hoping someone would make a retrospective on this movie after I re watched it again...
my wishes have come true...
Wow...
Only thing about this movie I know is that the soundtrack has one of Nine Inch Nails’ best songs to never not be released on a proper NIN album/b-sides.
This and The Matrix soundtrack played a large role in shaping my musical tastes into what they are today. Personally, _Terra Firma (Lara's Mix)_ by Delerium is my favorite track on a soundtrack full of great music.
@@The_Isaiahnator same here, I still listen to it 🙂 Song of life is also one of my favorites from the album of the movie
"Try not to make sense of the plot."
Something that should be most movie posters.
"Lara races (kinda) the Illuminati for pieces of an artifact that controls time" pretty much all you need to know lol, rest is just dressing
Its not that bad of movie, theres a reason it did well at the boxoffice, while the 2nd movie and remake didnt. and its not just because of the TR hype, same with MOrtal Kombat
I'd love to see Angelina return to the role
Kind of ironic that crofts father was presumed dead considering the relationship Angelina had with her dad...
Absolute perfect casting.
Mate, you deserve 100x the views you get! Best retrospectives on TH-cam. Thanks for all the time you put into these edits
Thanks very much dude!
Finally got around to watching this. To prepare for this, I decided to watch both this movie and the 2018 Tomb Raider movie. I wound up actually enjoying them both. I never really got into "Tomb Raider" until I played a bit of "Tomb Raider: Anniversary" on the PS2, a great remake of the original PS1 game. It wouldn't be until I played "Tomb Raider: Trilogy" (well the first two games) and the 2013 reboot game I really got into the franchise. The 2001 movie was a shitload of fun, definitely had a balance of camp while it did pack on a few emotional scenes. I feel that the 2018 reboot had some similar issues, but I still had a good time watching that one, especially for Alicia Vikander as Lara. Didn't see the "Cradle of Life" yet.
Great Review Oliver. 😀
Oliver Harper runs through the cryptic techno music filled tomb to bring us another awesome retrospective review.
Massively underrated film. Well acted, great plot and story, brilliant music and action. I've always loved it
*Angelina's shorts* are the true VIP of this film
I remember this film being really good at the time, it's a shame about the second one, but that one was alright as well!
This was one of the first films i ever saw in a midnight viewing. i thought it was one of more successful video game adaptions.
I remember the merch they gave out on the opening day of the film.
oh wooow. where was this and what was the merch???
@@DafyddBrooks A mini poster and a pin or button. It was at a theater in the Bahamas on Grand Bahama island, but I was told the same thing was done at certain cinemas in North America.
Say what you want about the soundtrack, I still bop it every summer. It was probably my first foray into electronic music.
Although I consider myself not someone who just sees a body, Angelina Jolie is genuinely one of the most beautiful women on the silver screen
I'm so glad they gave Chris a chance to be BA in the sequel. People forget that he was Ace Rimmer and is perfectly capable of wrestling large aquatic reptiles whilst sky diving.
Always a pleasure to watch your content !
Thank you very much!
So about that info regarding the new Tomb Raider movie sequel not getting a green light. It did actually. Misha Green, creator of “Lovecraft Country” was expected to write the script and direct the sequel with Alicia Vikander returning as Lara Croft and MGM being the sole distributor this time around instead of collaborating with Warner Bros., who distributed the first film. Unfortunately, the rights lapse and MGM no longer holds rights to any new Tomb Raider movies with the film rights reverted back to GK Films and Square Enix while Vikander left the role due to the long time it took to get it off the ground. There’s now going to be a full reboot.
Have eagerly been waiting for another Oliver Harper's Retrospectives & Reviews.
I was obsessed with this movie as a kid! It's so silly, cheesy and fun, but Angelina fully commits to it. Pre-fame Daniel Craig is always welcome. It always amused me that he was doing an awful American accent, while Jolie was doing an awful English accent.
Even when I'm not really interested in the movie I always find these retrospectives very interesting.
Pound for pound this is still one of the better videogame adaptations
Tomb Raider was the very first game I rented for my PS1 when I first got it and wow what a game to start with, it absolutely blew my 10 year old mind. I remember having most of my fun just messing around in Lara's mansion in the training level.
A film that is way better than it's given credit for. And the cast?! Wow what an interesting list of Brits and 2 American stars. Jolie treats the character with respect and overall it's a well rounded strong film.
Another great retrospective review Oliver. I look forward to you covering The Cradle of Life.
The 2013 reboot of Tomb Raider didn't mark the first time this franchise was rebooted. The Legend-Anniversary-Underworld trilogy rewrote Lara's entire backstory and motivation, basing much of it on this movie, of all things. In the original continuity of the games, Lara's parents were both still alive, and had disowned her. This nonsense about Lara's father being an MIA archaeologist only started with this movie, as did his name, Richard Croft. Originally, he was Lord Henshingly Croft.
core design era the original timeline by the creators of tomb raider, their version is and will always be the real Lara. i 100% agree and tomb raider was one of the earlier victims (before it became a trend nowadays) by taking an already established franchise and existing fanbase by changing it to what they wanted it to be. but i think the 2013 stans are toxic. yeah but Legend & Underworld are reboots, it was trying to connect to the original from what core did but i also felt like square and crystal tried to distance themselves away from what it was to formed into 2013 TR. it was reboots that nobody asked for and it was just them milking it and square never cared about the franchise and it showed when just recently square sold tomb raider, Deux Ex, Thief and Legacy of Kain for cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens, NFTs.
One of my fave guilty pleasures.
Another great review, Oliver. Would love to see a review on "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003)"
Love that Leslie Phillips was all over blockbusters for a time as he was in The Jackal also
I liked the butler character and those stone warriors.
"I woke up this morning and just hated everything"
that's what Lara says to the mail man if I remember it correctly 😆
I enjoyed the reboot to this movie with Alicia Vikander, but the sequel may be postponed or cancelled due to the Amazon/MGM merger. She said in an interview, "It's out of my hands and I don't think the film will ever get made in time."
Best remembered by me for daniel Craig's dodgy accent
And Angelinas hooters
Love lara croft tomb raider angelina jolie was born to play lara croft and she'll always be lara croft to me
This was well-researched, good job.
Even though I liked Mortal Kombat, at the time, I actually felt this was the best video game movie out of Hollywood. (And even now, I'd still rank it in the Top 5). I was so cynical of how they would do it (robots? who are all these new people she lives with?? The chick from Hackers??) but I think they made something fun, and pulled it off! I can tell you the exact moment this movie won me over, and it's when Lara hops a bike and struts into a stuffy old auction with a devil-may-care attitude. Jolie nailed Lara's confidence and badass vibe.
As a fan of the games, it had the flips, the guns, and the adventure, and that was all I asked for. But it also had some nice new ideas. Her supporting cast clearly influenced the allies Croft would get in the (excellent) Tomb Raider Legend game, and I think Angelina and Jon Voight's real-life relationship gave more meaning to the father-daughter stuff.
4:23 The Pepsi/PS2 tie-in brings back so many memories.
Hey Oliver, yet another great RR! This was yet another movie that I was hoping you'd do sooner rather than later so I guess you read my mind again! I hope you get around to doing the long awaited RR's on 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Planet of the Apes (1968), as well as redo's on The Dark Crystal (1982), Labyrinth (1986), Highlander (1986) and Total Recall (1990).
BTW, I'm surprised that you haven't given a review for the new remastered 4K Star Trek: The Motion Picture that came out earlier this year. Hope you will still get around to doing so.
One of the better video game movies. I love the games and Angela Jolie.
This is peak Jolie. Literally never gets any better than this, overall. My nieces all love this movie even though they're much younger than when it came out.
Lol I forgot they had a remake a few years ago, it really was that forgettable
Back when Pluto was not a dwarf planet lol. For anyone wondering Pluto is one of hundreds of dwarf planets out in the Kuiper belt it was originally misclassified as a planet in 1930 because we didn't have the technology to know about the Kuiper belt but as we discovered more Pluto's classification was corrected. Also the planets are so far apart you would not see them like that in the film (they would look like faint distant stars in space until you got close) unless you had a large telescope.
Jolie is perfect for this role, stunning
Oh yes. Saw it in the theaters opening weekend, despite never playing a second of the game.
OMG, Lara's butler was ol' Smeg-Head Rimmer?!! LOL
I know you said that you're not interested in the Uncharted movie, but just so you know, there are many fans of that movie, despite some of the negative reception. It may be worth your while to review it, since you've covered the Tomb Raider movie(movie about a video game treasure hunter).
regardless of weather that movie follows the game, that was a nice mivie to watch :)
I like this movie and it sequel. I prefer this over the reboot movie. But I would like to see a sequel to the reboot movie too.
Brilliant work sir 👍
Would love you to do the second Angelina Film as well as the 2018 one! Great Job as always!
Forever regretful we never got a trilogy; the sequel definitely wasn’t as good as this one but it was still a fun enjoyable movie.
19:50 the song accompanying the mansion break in scene is Fatboy Slim’s “Illuminati”, a re-make he made of his earlier track “Michael Jackson”
I've been waiting for this day for years.
It has finally come.
haha sorry it took so long!
It was a lot of fun, even though a lot of die-hard fans (like myself) dislike the Hollywood-ification of Lara and the game's premise (e.g. having a love interest, her main agency coming from her father, etc.). It's still a good popcorn movie - great review!
I say this a super-fan of the original games. Angelina Jolie was perfectly cast as Lara Croft. The whole cast is good, in fact. The problem is that they tried to make Lara into a female Bronson era James Bond and not a female Indiana Jones. There was too much fast paced techno-action set pieces and not enough tomb raiding. Also the game environments were varied, colorful, and EPIC. The environments in the movie were lifeless and utterly boring. I know they are limited by money and SFX technology but imagination and creativity can overcome that. The filmmakers lacked both.
Well Lara really isn’t a female Indiana Jones. She is an expert in hand to hand combat, all forms of fire arms, expert gymnast, ridiculously smart like She reads fluently dead languages. She’s basically a super hero or like a black widow type character.
Nathan drake and Indiana Jones are far more alike because their more real while Lara Croft was made to be this super hero
I cupped Jon Voight from behind once when he was walking through a crowd. I just slipped away.
Keep up the great work Oliver. You're a treasure 🥇
Love this movie. Lots of fun.
What a great movie
I was absolutely sure that the general's daughter was a Gregory hoblit film, I was shocked when I checked after you mentioned it was a West movie
I love all your videos Oliver. I hope you make one for Looper(2012) one day. ✌️
Thanks!
Thanks, John!
Good review!! Yep - this is one of those movies to watch just for the FUN of it, nothing else. Still watch it to this day. Think Angelina Jolie did an awesome job with the character. "Tomb Raider II" will watch but also will phase out of it somewhere along the line. Really enjoyed the re-make for that is like the 1st movie - just plain FUN to watch.
I still have the original games from Play Station 1 & 2 and tried re-playing them recently. Never really finished none of those games and I remember why - keep getting my butt handed to me. Oh well, they are FUN games to play as well.
"certain body of work" cheeky choice of words
I really enjoyed this upon release this is the perfect excuse to have another watch cheers Oliver
Im a Big Fan of the Movie and the Second one. Sadly they dont made a third one for a Trilogy with Angelina Jolie.
Oh man, I hope there will be a "Charlie's Angels (2000)" Retrospective one day
Both movies are a solid slice of cheese. I bought a blu ray pack that had both and I have no regrets.
Without knowing you were going to do this video, I watched this movie last week again. I’ve always liked it, even though I saw it for the first time only 2 years ago. I do think the sequel was better, but there’s no reason to hate this one.
yeah thats a fair poit. i dont aree the 2nd movies better but the 1st is nice to watch
Awesome, there isn't enough coverage of this movie
awwwwwwwww welll said man
This retrospective is better than any of the movies or games and even makes it interesting!
Back when blockbusters were fun to watch.
While I cannot call it a good movie, I often feel alone in how much fun I have on every rewatch
Still waiting for cradle of life 😻🤣 love this work
Great video
Thanks, Bryden!
Since Jon Voight also plays Patrick Gates from National Treasure I can't not keep thinking he is Gates lol. I'm watching it right now off of HBO, and it's pretty neat so far.
On a side not Daniel Craig with an American accent just feels off. Like it's fine, just when you think Daniel Craig you think British. Anginelina's English accent is (to me) nice though, but I'm also American so take that with a grain of salt.
the music is giving me tekken and soul calibur
I was 10 years old when I saw this in a movie theater 21 years ago, I loved it! Angelina was hot and great as Lara, she became my crush. It's one of the best video game movies.
That's Princess Lara Croft.